Wendy at No Wasted Ink came up with some fantastic editing tools.
There are many tools to help people with writing such as word processors, apps, pen and paper and more. Never has it been easier to record the written word into a manuscript. However, what do you do with your draft once it is complete? Until recently, you paid a high price for an editor to go over it for grammar, spelling, and content errors. Today, there are software tools to help bring down the cost of hiring an editor. I use some of these tools myself, going over my manuscript in layers, each program helping me locate certain issues that I want to address before I pack it up and send it to my human editor. By doing so, I save money since the final corrections that the editor makes are minimal.
All of the programs I review below have not contacted me to review them. I selected them because…
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Thanks for linking to and sharing this post. Some of those tools sound quite useful.
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You are most welcome.
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That article is a keeper Michelle. Thanks for passing it on. While I have you – would you mind if I used and adapted your copyright warning? I have discovered several of my photos turning up on unsavoury web-sites – can you imagine why any one of THOSE sites would want to use my photo of the Big Guitar at Tamworth? But they have . . . and what the site offers is totally opposite to the themes in my memoir. I’ve been invited to address a forum on domestic violence, and I’d be mortified if anyone thought I had an association with . . . well, you get the idea. I have emailed the site owner, and am waiting for action, but it seems time to put something on my blog as well.
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Be my guest. I am sorry you are having this problem. I’m not sure that it will deter everyone. Good luck.
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I agree, but at least it will set the ground rules in case anything needs to go further. Thank you for the permission, the wording is very suitable.
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More great information, Michelle, thanks again for sharing! You have a generous heart! ♥
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